A bunch of rope yarns

Download or read book A bunch of rope yarns written by Stanton H. King and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-08-20 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was much of her time at the Sailors’ Haven, joining with the sailors in their games and other forms of amusement, and was regarded by all as their personal friend. Her greatest joy was when contributing in some way to a sailor’s welfare, whose honest, and other good qualities she learned to admire. Her delight was to take the trimmer from the stoke hold, dressed in his rough clothing and show him the educational features of the City. She was constantly doing for them things which contributed to their comfort and pleasure, and the very day of her funeral, some of the seamen in port were given a number of comfort bags which she had made before and during her illness...FROM THE BOOKS.